‘Emerging adults,’ digital health and more

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-The Financial Times reports on rising fears about the impact of spiking food prices, especially in developing countries.

–USA Today reports on a new study examining the life stage dubbed “emerging adulthood,” as well as a study that finds more 20- and even 30-something Americans are moving back in with their parents.

–Newsweek reports on tensions in China over an influx of foreign workers and what some see as rising xenophobia.

-Despite the Olympics and Diamond Jubilee, more Britons are dealing with “national gloom” by drowning their sorrows, reports Newsweek.

-The recession has accelerated the aging of Britain’s workforce, according to The Economist, as more people postpone retirement.

–Reuters examines the online gray market in India for Western fashion brands that haven’t officially entered the market.

-More companies are using social media as “extensions of market research departments,” reports The New York Times. And The Wall Street Journalreports on how businesses are using bad online reviews to improve everything from product flaws to confusing instructions.

-Brands that target teen girls are using texting as a marketing tool, and it appears to be working, reports The Wall Street Journal.

-“Compassionate consumerism” is on the rise, says Businessweek, which takes a look at whether altruistic retailing strategies can be effective.

–USA Today outlines some of the ways that big and small businesses have been embracing game principles.

-An Ad Age columnist argues that “a new wave of ‘native’ advertising is emerging that fits with today’s social, connected web experience.”